The Vodafone Fiji women’s team will start its campaign against American Samoa in the 2019 South Pacific Games in Samoa.
Both teams will battle at 12pm at Faleata Sports Complex on Monday July 8.
The Marika Rodu coached side will then face host Samoa on Friday July 12 at 3.30pm in their second match.
Fiji, the second highest-ranked team in the competition will be joined by Tonga, New Caledonia and American Samoa.
Fiji’s third match will be against New Caledonia on Monday July 15 at 1.30pm while their final pool match will be against Tonga on Thursday July 18 at 12pm.
The format for the competition will be:
Teams will play a round robin within their pool in the group phase of the competition.
The top placed team in each group will advance to the gold medal match.
The runner-ups in each group will play in the bronze medal match.
The finals will be played on Saturday July 20.
The ten countries were drawn to form two Groups – Group A, and Group B. As Host Association, Samoa is seeded to position A1 and was exempt from the draw.
They are joined in Group A by Papua New Guinea is the highest-ranked team within the Women’s competition and is part of Group B which also includes Tahiti, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands and Vanuatu.
The Pacific Games is a multi-sport event held every four years since 1963, and is contested between the Pacific Island nations associated with the Pacific Games Council.
The XVI Pacific Games will be held from the 7-20 July, 2019 in Samoa.
